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Uneven distribution of enamel in the tooth crown of a Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
Unworn teeth of herbivorous mammals are not immediately functional. They have to be partially worn to expose enamel ridges which can then act as shear-cutting blades to break the food down. We use the Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) as a hypsodont, herbivorous model organism to investigate how initial w...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26082860 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1002 |